1956 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas
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Candidate
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Party
Popular VoteElectoral Vote
Dwight EisenhowerRichard NixonRepublican 566,878 65.44%8
Adlai StevensonEstes KefauverDemocrat 296,317 34.21%0
Enoch HoltwickEdwin CooperProhibition 3,048 0.35%0
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Demographic Data

1960 Population:2,178,611Enum.1960 Population Density:10.3persons/km2
1950 Population:1,905,299Enum.1950 Population Density:9.0persons/km2
Total Electoral Vote:8
Land Area (2000):211,900km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:1.3%

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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: Kansas Secretary of State, "General Election, November 6, 1956 For Electors of President and Vice President," Fortieth Biennial Report of the Secretary of State 1955-56 (Topeka: Ferd Voiland, Jr. State Printer, 1956)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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